A display apparatus includes a pixel circuit array, a scanner-drive type drive circuit configured to sequentially drive each of blocks of data line groups in the pixel circuit array, and a control circuit configured to control the drive circuit. The control circuit receives determination information for determining whether or not a display line corresponding to display data is a black display line. Based on the determination information, the control circuit sets amplifier circuits included in the drive circuit to an operation off state or a low power consumption state during a period in which the black display line is driven.
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1. A display apparatus comprising: at least a pixel circuit array, a drive circuit, and a control circuit mounted on a same semiconductor substrate, the pixel circuit array being provided with a plurality of data lines and a plurality of columns of pixel circuits, and each data line corresponding to a column of the pixel circuits, and the drive circuit comprising: a plurality of amplifier circuits, a number of the amplifier circuits being less than a number of the data lines corresponding to the columns of pixels circuits; a plurality of latch circuits configured to latch display data for a plurality of pixels, a number of the pixels being equal to the number of amplifier circuits; and a digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion circuit configured to convert the display data latched in the latch circuits into a plurality of data voltages, the D/A conversion circuit having a number of outputs that equals the number of the amplifier circuits, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the drive circuit and receive determination information for determining whether or not a display line corresponding to display data is a black display line, wherein the drive circuit drives a group of the data lines, which are selected in sequence out of the plurality of data lines corresponding to the columns of pixels circuits in one of a plurality of predetermined periods in one horizontal synchronization period, the group of the selected data lines including a number of data lines that is equal to the number of amplifier circuits, and wherein the control circuit sets the plurality of amplifier circuits to an operation off state or a low power consumption state based on the determination information.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit receives the determination information included in header information of the display data corresponding to the display line.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein if the control circuit determines that the display line corresponding to the header information is the black display line based on the determination information included in the header information, the control circuit sets the amplifier circuits to the operation off state or the low power consumption state during the period in which the display line is driven.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit receives a command indicating a start line and an end line of a black display area as the determination information.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the control circuit sets the amplifier circuits to the operation off state or the low power consumption state during the period in which the display lines from the start line to the end lines are driven.
6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit included in the pixel circuit array includes a transistor for supplying an electric current to a pixel, and the control circuit turns off the transistor in the pixel circuit corresponding to the black display line during the period in which the black display line is driven.
7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising: a gradation voltage generation circuit configured to supply gradation voltage to the drive circuit, wherein the control circuit sets the gradation voltage generation circuit to an operation off state or a low power consumption state during a period in which the black line is driven.
8. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 1 .
9. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 2 .
10. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 3 .
11. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 4 .
12. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 5 .
13. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 6 .
14. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 7 .
15. A display apparatus comprising: a pixel circuit array; a drive circuit configured to sequentially drive each of a plurality of blocks of data line groups in the pixel circuit array; a control circuit configured to control the drive circuit; and a gradation voltage generation circuit configured to supply gradation voltages to the drive circuit, wherein the drive circuit includes: a plurality of amplifier circuits, a number of the amplifier circuits being equal to a number of data lines in one block, of the plurality of blocks; a plurality of latch circuits including a first latch circuit configured to latch display data for each of the blocks and a second latch circuit configured to latch the display data output from the first latch circuit; and a digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion circuit configured to convert the display data latched in the latch circuits into a plurality of data voltages, the D/A conversion circuit having a number of outputs that equals the number of data lines in one block, wherein the drive circuit drives the data lines in the one block, which are selected in sequence out of the plurality of blocks in one of a plurality of predetermined periods in one horizontal synchronization period, wherein the control circuit receives determination information for determining whether or not a display line corresponding to display data is a black display line, and based on the determination information, sets the amplifier circuits to an operation off state or a low power consumption state during a period in which the black display line is driven, and wherein the control circuit sets the gradation voltage generation circuit to an operation off state or a low power consumption state during the period in which the black line is driven.
16. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus according to claim 15 .
17. The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the control circuit receives the determination information included in header information of the display data corresponding to the display data.
18. The display apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein if the control circuit determines that the display line corresponding to the header information is the black display line based on the determination information included in the header information, the control circuit sets the amplifier circuits to the operation off state or the low power consumption state during the period in which the display line is driven.
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March 1, 2018
July 28, 2020
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